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From ohig@ihug.co.nz Wed Apr 2 08:51:55 1997
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 13:29:12 -0800
From: Gary Higgins
To: acoustic@olga.net
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Subject: chord Alamo by Donovan Leitch
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ALAMO Donovan LeitchIm not really sure if Donovan wrote this as I have only heard him sing it and I have not seen it on any records.The words are from memory and the chords are my own interpretation of the
Hammering on and off strings on the F chord will give the required sound.C G C F C Eight hundred and eighty he
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